The Thieves of Ostia

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The first in Caroline Lawrence's internationally bestselling Roman Mysteries series, re-issued with a fantastic new cover look. Flavia Gemina is a natural at solving mysteries. The daughter of a ship's captain living in Ostia, the port of Rome, in AD79, she and her three friends, Jonathan, a Jewish boy (and secretly a Christian); Nubia, an African slave girl; and Lupus, a mute beggar boy, must work together to discover who is beheading the watchdogs that guard people's homes, and why. A talented storyteller, Caroline Lawrence has created a delightfully readable and accessible series that children will want to read time and time again.

Synopsis

The Thieves of Ostia by Caroline Lawrence

Someone is killing Ostia's dogs and Flavia is determined to find out who and why in the first of The Roman Mysteries.

Reviews

'This was a very exciting and intriguing book - I couldn't put it down!' - Megan Whiteman (aged 11)

About the Author

Caroline Lawrence was our Guest Editor in September 2102 - Click here to see her selections.

Caroline Lawrence was born in London. Her American parents returned to the United States shortly afterwards and she grew up in Bakersfield, California with her younger brother and sister. Her father taught English and drama in a local high school and her mother was an artist.

When she was twelve, Caroline's family moved to Stanford University in northern California so that her father could study Linguistics. Caroline inherited her father's love of words and her mother's love of art. She subsequently studied Classics at Berkeley, where she won a Marshall Scholarship to Cambridge. There, at Newnham College, she studied Classical Art and Archaeology.

The books in the series are:The Thieves of OstiaThe Secrets of VesuviusThe Pirates of PompeiiThe Assassins of RomeThe Dolphins of LaurentumThe Twelve Tasks of Flavia GeminaThe Enemies of JupiterThe Gladiators from CapuaThe Colossus of RhodesThe Fugitive from CorinthThe Sirens of SurrentumThe Charioteer of DelphiThe Slave Girl from JerusalemThe Beggar of VolubilisThe Scribes from AlexandriaThe Prophet from EphesusAnd finally…The Man from Pomegranate Street

THE ROMAN MYSTERIES have sold over 1.1 million copies since its introduction in 2001 and in 2009 won the Classical Association Prize for 'a significant contribution to the public understanding of Classics' THE ROMAN MYSTERIES has been recognised as having an exemplary combination of entertainment and education.